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and be prepared to discharge their duties conscientiously in the face of 

 inclement weather or other personal risk, besides •such qualifications as 

 the dignity and exigencies of their office demands, such as physical fit- 

 ness, tact, and a certain amount of education. 



In regard, to salaries, 3^our Commissioner would recommend that the 

 captain be paid |60.00, the engineer |55.00, and the cook |45.00 per 

 mensem, in addition to receiving board whilst the boat is on actual ser- 

 vice and away from the home port, and at these figures he is confident 

 that no difficulty would be experienced in obtaining the services of 

 really competent and suitable men. 



The initial cost, therefore, to the Government of this recommenda- 

 tion will be approximately |27,000.00. 



The cost of maintenance, assuming that the captain is a permanent 

 official, and employed during the close of navigation on other protective 

 duties inland, and that the engineer and cook are employed only during 

 the seven months that the boats are in commission, will be approxi- 

 mately : 



Salary of Captain $720 00 $4,320 00 



Salaries, Engineer and Cook (7 months) 700 00 4 , 200 00 



Board, 3 men for 30 weeks $10.50 per week 315 00 1,890 00 



Gasoline, oil and accessories, allowing 5 hours' run 



per diem, 6 days per week, for 30 weeks 500 00 3,000 00 



Minor repairs, say ; 100 00 600 00 



Totals $2,335 00 $14,010 00 



It must be understood, however, that this sum is not an increasie 

 over and above existing expenditures, for the salaries of all the fishery 

 overseers for this district, the wages of the help assigned to them in 

 certain instances, their board wliile absent on patrol, their mileage 

 allowance, the hire and repairs to their craft, etc., must all be set against 

 it. Disbursements of this nature for the districts in question, accord- 

 ing to returns already presented to the House, would appear to amount 

 approximately to |13,000.00. 



As regards the class C type of boat, your Commissioner's full report 

 will contain a recommendation as to the numbers of these boats required 

 by the Province and the districts that shiould be assigned to them. Pend- 

 ing the submission of this report, he A\ould recommend that no other 

 type of boat should be acquired by the Government for use on the inland 

 waters of the Province, and that a few of them should be at once ordered 

 and put in eommisision as soon as possible for service on the waters of 

 the Rideau Lake System, the Kawartha Lakes, Lake, Nipissing, Lake 

 Simcoe, etc. He would, however reiterate that no boat of this type 

 should be handed over to a warden or overseer until such warden or 

 overseer has procured a eertificate of proficiency in the working of the 

 engine, preferably from the firm installing and guaranteeing same. 



